This is considered a new category of accommodation in rural areas, which is being supported by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in cooperation with the SRD / GIZ project and the Ministry of Tourism and Environment.

Experts working on this innovation say that, “the procedures guide for the development of camping in Albania will be soon available to those interested.”

One-click agritourism is the new application “AgroTime AL”, an online guide for all those who want to visit tourist farms, enjoy local products, traditional cuisine and the special experience that the village offers through this new branch aimed at Albania’s tourism development.

There are 260 tourist farms and trips to the stalls, wine, olive, citrus, mussels and fish in a single application, which is worthwhile for agri-businesses entrepreneurs and visitors to these beautiful destinations in Albania.

Thanks to grant support and a special package of fiscal incentives, agritourism has become a new reality in rural areas, having a positive impact on today’s local economy and tomorrow’s national economy. //a.i/

Further fiscal incentives in terms of budget expenditures are seen as a guarantee for stable levels of economic growth projected at 5.5% this year and in the medium-term draft budget it is projected at an average of 4.5% for the next three years.

Fiscal incentives aimed not only for dynamic development of the economy, but also a sustainable employment, more financial resources to increase public services and the completion of many projects already in process.

“The Albanian government has been forced to make some changes in the budget and macroeconomic forecasts, with the aim of creating the necessary fiscal space to support citizens and businesses during 2021, but above all to continue with the financial support by providing the primary vaccination of the population, as an important objective to be accomplished,” the Minister of Finance and Economy, Anila Denaj said at the today’s meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Economy and Finance while discussing the changes in the organic budget law. //a.i/

During the today’s meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Laws on 2 normative acts related to 2021 budget, Minister Denaj said that, the proposed changes aim to provide the necessary fiscal incentives for budget expenditures within the measures taken in the light of economic recovery.

In her remarks, Minister Denaj said that, the proposed changes do not affect the budget revenue indicators, after recording a positive performance of budget revenues in the first 6 months of 2021 and positive expectation of their realization on an annual basis.

According to the Normative Act, the state budget expenditures will increase by ALL 10 billion, reaching from ALL 459 billion to ALL 469 billion.

The Normative Act provides for an increase of 2 billion ALL of the Reserve Fund of the state budget, in order to make available a fund of 1 billion ALL for COVID-19 vaccination campaign. //a.i/

The small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) expert Daniel Guçe said that Albanian enter the COVID-19 lockdown period had an enormous impact on Albanian enterprises and business in 2020.

According to him, exporting companies, clothing and footwear companies and microenterprises were the categories heavily affected and found it hard to cope with the situation.

“Despite the difficulties, last year had its dynamics with new start-ups launched and increased online delivery service. A number of companies went bankrupt. However, the last year’s outcome was positive in terms of the Albanian business register, recording a 2.5 % year-on-year,” Guçi told Albanian Telegraphic Agency (ATA).

According to him, a series of factors have influenced creation of new enterprises in 2020.

“But I would single out the government measures to support business, the accommodative fiscal policies, including the decision to scrap the profit tax on small businesses, and support through grants have all helped to return economy and doing business back to normal,” Guçi said.

The need for self-employment – he went on to say –  is also a factor behind opening new businesses. The microenterprises account for around 66% of the total of SMEs and they are mainly household business activities.

According to INSTAT, number of active firms in Albania rose by 2.5% to 162,452 in 2020.

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